Vic Carlisle lays brick on a construction site at Red Rock Commons in September. Construction is rebounding in the region, and growth projections mean it will likely continue in that direction.

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Washington County's population is expected to continue to grow, although at a slower rate than during the boom years of previous decades, according to projections released this week by the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget (GOPB).

The GOPB's projections, used for to plan for everything from social services to how much cities charge for impact fees to the Lake Powell Pipeline, predict about a 30 percent drop-off from the growth anticipated the last time the GOPB did its estimates in 2008, at the tail end of the area's housing boom.